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A general history of the pyrates, from their first rise and settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present time. With the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates Mary Read and Anne Bonny ..

by: Johnson, Charles, fl. 1724-1731; Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731; Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978, former owner. DSI

Publication date: 1724
Topics: Pirates
Publisher: London : Printed for, and sold by T. Warner, at the Black-boy in Pater-Noster-Row
Collection: biodiversity
Contributor: Smithsonian Libraries
Language: English
Item Size: 1.6G

Attribution to Defoe is based on internal textual relationship to his works of proven authorship together with supporting external evidence. Cf. J. H. Moore. Defoe in the pillory. Bloomington, Ind., 1939, p. 126-188. However, see also P.N. Furbank and W.R. Owens, The canonisation of Daniel Defoe, for a refutation of Defoe's authorship of this work

First ed. was printed for C. Rivington in 1724 under title: A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates ... By Captain Charles Johnson

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Advertisement on verso of leaf with page no. 427

Provenance: To Dr. [Clark?] from Robt. Rennie Sr. and R. [G?] Rennie (presentation inscription); A. Wetmore (autograph)

Wetmore Collection

Imperfect copy: lacks 1 plate

Notes

No copyright page found. Some plate captions lost in gutter.

Addeddate: 2014-06-25 14:19:09.849733
Associated-names: Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731; Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978, former owner
Call number: 39088002097426
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
External-identifier: urn:oclc:record:1045564391
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Foldoutcount: 1
Identifier: generalhistoryof00john
Identifier-ark: ark:/13960/t7fr2k746
Identifier-bib: 39088002097426
Invoice: 29
Lccn: 02015922
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Pages: 458
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Possible copyright status: Not in copyright. The BHL knows of no copyright restrictions on this item.
Ppi: 350
Republisher_date: 20140625164443
Republisher_operator: associate-daniel-euphrat@archive.org
Scandate: 20140625143629
Scanner: scribe1.washingtondc.archive.org
Scanningcenter: washingtondc
Title_id: 80563
Worldcat (source edition): 2276353

Full catalog record: MARCXML

This book is available with additional data at Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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